Pentecost
When Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish, he faces a difficult choice: conform to the status quo, or serve an extended ban from his life’s passion – football. Directors: Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane 11min. Ireland

Raju
Director Max Zaehle, together with his Director of Photography Sin Huh, and wonderful actors Wotan Wilke Möhring and Julia Richter, succeed at making the moral dilemma faced by couples wishing to adopt emotionally palpable. Directors: Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren 24min. Germany/India

The Shore
After 25 years in exile, Jim Mahon (Ciaran Hinds) returns to Ireland to show his American daughter Patty (Kerry Condon) his Belfast roots. But things don’t go as planned when she learns of a secret love triangle and a long lost best friend, Paddy (Conleth Hill). Their reconciliation leads to hilarious confusion. Directors: Terry George and Oorlagh George 31min. Northern Ireland Website

Time Freak
A neurotic inventor creates a time machine, only to get caught up travelling around yesterday. Directors: Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey 11min. USA

Tuba Atlantic
Everybody is going to die one day. Oskar, 70, is going to die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it’s too late? Director: Hallvar Witzø 25min. Norway

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